Everyone has a different learning style or profile. Some of them are good, but some of them are bad. Like a lot of my friends are “thinkers”. They spend a long time on thinking, and they feel it is difficult to make decision.

OK, let’s talk about my attributes. I’m caring of course. I love animals, I try to save every life in the universe, even if it is only a little insect, because I think every life has a reason for appearing in the world. And we know a person who is caring shows empathy, compassion and respect towards the needs and feelings of others, and has a personal commitment to service, they make a positive different to the lives of others and to the environment.

I am also courageous. I am not so brave, but I have the courage to try anything that I think it is safe. I can still remember once I was in a hotel of Macau, and there was an amusement park for the little kids. There was slide, and the angle of the slide was 90 degrees. No one wanted to try, because it was so scary, and no one wanted to try the weird slide. After a few seconds thinking, I said “let me try.” I went up the stairs and slide down. The feeling was fantastic! After my try, all of the children in the amusement park all tried it one by one. And another thing, when we were in Chiangmai, there was a kind of fruit called passion fruit. All of the people who traveled with us together didn’t want to try the fruit, because it looks disgusting. But I tried, it was very sour, but I think it was not that bad, at least I had tasted it before.

I am not knowledgeable, I think I should spend ore time on reading books. However I like to read magazines, such as Yilin, Readers, Siweiyuzhihui and so on. Otherwise I am not good at thinking, because I think thinking wastes a lot of time. But sometimes thinking is so important. So I should train myself on thinking, and I ca become wiser and wiser.

About the Debate’s Topic

On May 21^st, Jan, Claudia and Sibel had a debate with students in grade eleven, the resolution was a Chinese public school education better than an American public school education.

Some people think that an American public school education is better than a Chinese school education, because they think that Chinese public schools education put too much pressure on students, and give them less freedom. They have so much homework to do, that they have no time to play. But a lot of people think children are supposed to play. On the other hand, some people think that a Chinese public school education is better than an Americana public school education, because Chinese public schools provide children with more knowledge and information. This education makes children knowledgeable.

From my point of view, I am in the middle, because I think the two kinds of education have different advantages. For an American public school education, students get more freedom. Their weekends can be planned by themselves and they get less homework than Chinese students. Most of their homework is working on crafts to improve their skills. American teachers think encouragement is the goal for helping children learn faster. On the other hand, Chinese teachers think only criticism can make children improve quicklier. American public schools education teaches students that teamwork is more important than their own study. But Chinese public school education tells children they are only successful if they depend on themselves.

However, for the conscientious students, a Chinese public school education is more fitting for them. The Chinese teachers will focus on your work every day. You have no choice, because you only have to work and focus on your study the whole time. Moreover, Chinese public schools education provides more knowledge to students. For example, the level of Chinese public schools grade three is the same as the level of American public schools grade five. Teachers in China give deeper knowledge to students than American teachers at the same time. So students can learn more in China.

This is what I think foe an American public school education and a Chinese public school education. In conclusion, the two different kinds of education have different advantages. There is no comparison between these two education.